Insect-trap.



No. 791,186. Y PATBNTBD MAY so, 1905. E. A. DOLLB. y

INSBGTTRAP.

.AMPPLIOATION FILED MAY 20. 1904.

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PATENT OEEICE.

EUGENE DOLLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

INsEcT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,186, dated May 30,1905. Application nea May 20, 1904. serial Nt'. 208,303.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. DoLLn, a'citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Traps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a iiy-trap adapted to be used on a window.

The object of my invention is to provide a iiy-trap which willefectually catch all the flies and insects in the room and 'which can beeasily and quickly manipulated.

The features of my invention are more fully set forth in the descriptionof the accompanying drawings, lforming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure ll is a front elevation of my trap attached to a window inposition for use. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the trap andwindowfrarne in elevation. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross-section ofFig. l. Fig. 4 is a similar section of the trap alone with the flapclosed.

Inl the preferred form of construction the fly-trap is attached to theupper rail of the lower sash of the common window or screen, which isthe most convenient method of constructing and using the trap.

The trap proper is constructed as follows:

A A represent heads, preferably made of metal, to which the shell of thetrap is attached. When the trap is to be attached to l, apron leadinginto the shell of the trap.

F represents a flap-door hinged to the frame `B and adapted to drop downand close the opening E. When the trap is placed in position` on thewindow or screen, this flap or door is folded up, so as to leave theopening unobstructed.

As shown in Fig. 3, the apron D is some distance away from the pane ofglass or screen al for the purpose which will now be eX- plained. y

Suppose a room having several windows, all of which are darkened but oneand that one at the top portion thereof. The fiies in the room will iytoward the light and they will alight upon the pane of glass or screenand will crawl up the glass. By having the apron I) some distance awayfrom the glass they will pass up under the apron and when they reach thehighest point will fly away, if the trap loe not in position; but if thetrap be in the position shown the flies will pass up into the shell ofthe trap and settle in the upper portion thereof. When it is desired toremove the flies in the trap, the trap is lifted off of the sash, theiiap-door is dropped down, and the flies imprisoned in the trap.

I have found by repeated trials that in a very short time'and used inthe method herein described substantially all the iies in the room willreadily be caught in the trap.

It is manifest that the trap might be applied to the window at otherpoints from the sashrail, provided the apron is held at a sulhcientdistance from the pane to permit the ies to crawl up behind it and. sopass into the shell of the trap; but the form herein shown is thesimplest and best.

Having described my invention, I claim* 1. An insect-trap composed of asuitable frame, a gauze shell secured thereto and provided with anelevated opening along on'e wall of the shell, a depending gauze apronconnected to the shell at the lower edge of the opening, and a flap-doorhinged to the frame and adapted lto close the opening, substantially asdescribed.

2. An insect-trap composed of a frame havedge oi' said opening,substantially as deing an offset portion adapted to rest upon thescribed. ro sash-rail of a window, a gauze shell secured to In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set the frame and having a horizontal opening myhand. along the wall and below the ofsema Hap-door EUGENE A. DOLLE.hinged to the bottom of said oset and adaptl Witnesses: ed to close theopening in the shell, and an OLIVER B. KAISER,

apron depending downwardly from the lower LUIsE BECK.

